Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle includes street theatre, music, dance, variety, cabaret and novelty acts, clowning, magical shows, aerial work and spectacle. These pages provide details of the independent artists, performers and organisations that bring exciting and imaginative entertainment to our doorsteps and aims to raise the profiles of contemporary street arts productions of these artists based in the North West. The seasonal nature of street arts and circus means that parts of the year are characterised by a low level of activity. Many of these artists provide education/outreach activity, mainly through workshops, followed by performances, exhibitions or displays.